Celebrate St. Patrick's Day by painting the green Irish countryside in this 2nd grade arts and crafts activity.

Make your own chalkboard to liven up a playroom, and encourage your child to practice writing and math!

Your child can use watercolors to paint butterflise and to practice the "wet into wet" technique, an important step in art.

Patterns are everywhere. This activity allows your child to practice inventing their own patterns while creating a portrait of a pet.

Prepare for some scary Halloween counting practice! This game encourages players to knock down cylinders and then add to determine their scores.

Recycle an old soda bottle into a beautiful, functional soap dish! In this project your child will practice saving the environment in a proactive way.

Teach your 2nd grader the value of recycling with this fun arts and crafts activity: make a DIY painted bookcase or set of shelves!

Learning about how plants grow is a building block in the early grades science curriculum. Put a fun twist on this life science concept with these cup monster friends!

This adorable activity is a great way to share the Gingerbread Man story with your kid while she practices assemblage.

Help your child make his very own stationery, then take the opportunity to teach him how to write a letter!

Help your child explore this ancient art technique with the help of some tinfoil, black paint and the end of a paintbrush!

Get fired up for the new school year with a "Back-to-School Calendar" you and your child can make at home.

Learn about the ancient art of Japanese calligraphy with this New Year's activity about kakizome.

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

Help your child make a cubist self-portrait while he boosts his math and spatial skills with this fun lesson in art history!

This will encourage your child to utilize their observation skills, develop aesthetic awareness, build artistic drawing abilities and learn about the seasons.

Create your very own Sleep Book filled with a menagerie of made-up nonsense creatures and discover how different animals catch some zzz's.

Learn all about Misty Copeland, a famous African American ballerina with this hands-on, colorful art project!

Spark your child's interest in international sporting events by creating a banner of world flags.

Bubble wrap is fun to pop, but it's also fun to paint with! Paint a pretty seascape using bubble wrap as your brush.

Introduce your child to the concept of the melting pot by decorating a patriotic 4th of July planter.

This paper alternative to tie-dye is faster, easier, and (slightly) less messy, only requiring paper, white crayons, and a little imagination.

Create a self-portrait from natural materials in this collage craft activity!

Turn the marks on the wall into art! Create fingerpaint flamingos, herons and ostriches with this fun craft for kids.

Make a unique painting while learning about sea life.

In this activity you'll use coffee...to paint! It's a wonderful way to provide your child with a hands-on experience with natural dyes.

If your child enjoys drawing, here's a fun way to learn about compound words that uses art as a visual aid.

Teach your child to dye eggs with natural ingredients from the grocery store. From pink to gold, these eggs are perfect for hiding, hunting or simply munching.

Make a Korean paper fan! This activity is a great way to help your child explore different cultures while she builds her fine motor and arts and crafts skills.

Before your crafty kid moves on to sewing needles and thread, help her create a beautiful cross-stitch pattern with markers!